Railroad-tie



(No Model.) 4 v W. McVEY.

RAILROAD TIE.

No. 312,881. Patented'Feb. 24, 1885.

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\VILLIAM MCVEY, OF HOPKINS, MISSOURI.

RAILROAD TiE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,881, dated February24, 1885.

Application filed May 12, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MOVEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hop kins, in the county of Nodaway and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; andI do hereby declare the followingto bea l'ull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this improvement is a railroad-tie made of cast metal inaway to be light and economical in costot' production, and also to avoidbeing broken by the movement of trains. These results are attained bythe mechanism illustrated in the drawings herewith filed as part hereof,in which the same letters of reference denote the same parts in thedifi'erent views.

Figure is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 isa top view. Fig.3 is a longitndinal vertical section. Fig. 4.- is a side elevationrepresenting the upper edges of the tie-sections in line with and thelower parts at an angle to each other.

A is the tie, made in sections A A, flexi bly connected centrally bymeans of a semicircular recess, a, in the section A and acorrespondingly-formed extension, at, of the section A, both of whichparts are perforated for the reception of a bolt, B. The sections are tobe made the'nsual width of ties at their lower or hearing parts, andtheir sides are to be suitably recessed, substantially as shown, forreducing their weight.

0 and 0 represent recesses in the tops of the sections for the receptionof the rails and securing their positions laterally. c c and c 0represent suitable vertical recesses in the tie-sections, for thereception of the usual spikes for securing the rails to the ties, whichare to be driven into the same in the ordinary manner.

The sections A A will vibrate independently of each other under theweight of the trains, and the bolt B will secure their relativepositions against material change.

The tie may be applied with the sections set in the manner shown in Fig.1 or as shown in Fig. 4.

Having explained the construction and operation of my improvement, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, in arailroad-tie, of sections A A, pivoted together asdescribed, and each provided with a vertical strengthening rib or webtransversely recessed near its outer end to receive the rail-base, andvertical perforations c 0 formed in'said ribs, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

N. H. HERBERT, V \V. N. BOND.

